Vital magnetism: its power over disease
Subtitle: a statement of the facts developed by men who have employed this agent under various names, as animal magnetism, mesmerism, hypnotism, etc., from the earliest times down to the present
By: by Frederick T. Parson
Series: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine--Medical Heritage Library digitization project
Publisher: Adams, Victor & Co.
Published: 1877
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Suggestive Therapeutics; Hypnosis; Therpeutic use; Mesmerism; Hypnotism; Animal magnetism; Hypnotism in surgery
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Magnetism as a therapeutical agent; title: Status of the practice in Great Britain, views of eminent men; title: Status of the practice on the Continent, history of its development; title: The evidence of reason and common sense; title: The received hypothesis, Dr. Ashburner's theory of polarities, Barth's views: mesmerism not miracle; title: Anaesthetic effects of vital magnetism; title: On qualifications of magnetic physicians; title: Typical cases; title: Theorizing; title: The testimony of test; title: My own position; title: Sympathetic influence; title: Dr. Newnham's exposition of principles and plea for investigation and adoption by the profession; title: Appendix: Dr. Elliotson's adjuration to the profession, and Dr. Esdaile's remarkable protest to the American Congress, Magnetism the first "Anaesthetic".